US reiterates OAS role in ensuring stability in Venezuela
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US reiterates OAS role in ensuring stability in Venezuela
January 9 09:58 AM
WASHINGTON, United States  (CMC) — The United States (US) has reiterated the importance of the Organisation of American States (OAS) as a forum for en...
Minor earthquake felt in Kingston and St Andrew
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Minor earthquake felt in Kingston and St Andrew
January 9 08:03 AM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — A minor earthquake rattled parts of Kingston and St Andrew late Thursday, according to a preliminary bulletin from the Earthquake ...
‘War is back in vogue,’ Pope Leo says
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‘War is back in vogue,’ Pope Leo says
January 9 07:42 AM
VATICAN CITY, Holy See (AFP) — Pope Leo XIV warned Friday that war was "back in vogue" and highlighted the "ambition of belligerents", as his own coun...

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IAEA approves reporting Iran to UN
AFP 
February 4, 2006
VIENNA, Austria (AFP) - The UN atomic agency voted yesterday to report Iran to the UN Security Council over fears it seeks nuclear weapons, a move ope...
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The shadow gently lifts from Spanish Town
BY VAUGHN DAVIS Sunday Observer Reporter 
February 4, 2006
SPANISH Town, known more in the past two years for gang-related violence and extortion, has over the past few months been on the receiving end of seve...
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Police kill suspect in sewerage pit murder case
Taneisha Davidson 
February 4, 2006
THE police yesterday shot and killed a man they claimed was a prime suspect in the abduction, rape and murder of two women, and the attempted murder o...
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We’re not telling!
Dwight Bellanfante 
February 4, 2006
THE high-priced campaigns being run by rival camps for the PNP presidency has prompted the inclusion of a proviso against accepting tainted funds, but...
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An unbeatable experience
BY TYRONE S REID Sunday Observer Reporter 
February 4, 2006
PITTED against 64 teams from California, Jamaica's entrants failed to even rank in the F.I.R.S.T LEGO League contest in San Jose, but returned home fe...
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EATing away at crime
BY LUKE DOUGLAS Sunday Observer writer 
February 4, 2006
HOPING to fill the support vacuum left by deposed dons in some crime-ridden enclaves, government has quietly been implementing some small infrastructu...
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Sugar craft Queen
Novia McDonald-Whyte | Editor - Lifestyle & Social Content 
February 4, 2006
Forgive me this week if I'm still distracted by my birthday cake, artfully executed by Jamaica's most sought-after sugar expert, Selena Wong. A cake c...
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‘Richie Poo’ gets life
Vaughn Davis, Observer staff reporter 
February 3, 2006
KEVIN 'Richie Poo' Tyndale, the reputed leader of the feared Papine-based Gideon Warriors gang, and his accomplice Brenton Fletcher, were both sentenc...
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Is he Hitler or Jose Marti?
VANESSA ARRINGTON, Associated Press Writer 
February 3, 2006
HAVANA (AP) - The Bush administration may consider Hugo Chavez to be a budding Adolf Hitler, but the Venezuelan president was being celebrated yesterd...
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Is he Hitler or Jose Marti?
VANESSA ARRINGTON, Associated Press Writer 
February 3, 2006
HAVANA (AP) - The Bush administration may consider Hugo Chavez to be a budding Adolf Hitler, but the Venezuelan president was being celebrated yesterd...
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Son of PNP councillor on murder, gun charges
PAUL CLARKE, Observer staff reporter 
February 3, 2006
RICARDO Lawrence, the 21-year-old son of Ned Lawrence, People's National Party (PNP) councillor for the Dela Vega City Division in St Catherine, has b...
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‘Richie Poo’ sentencing delayed
Observer Reporter 
February 2, 2006
ADMINISTRATIVE bungling yesterday forced the court to postpone sentencing of Kevin "Richie Poo" Tyndale, the reputed former leader of the Gideon Warri...
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Two cops under bribery probe for dropping gun charges
T K WHYTE, Observer staff reporter 
February 1, 2006
TWO Clarendon cops are under investigations for allegedly taking a $500,000-bribe from two offenders to drop a charge of illegal possession of firearm...
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The ‘new gourmands’
Novia McDonald-Whyte | Editor - Lifestyle & Social Content 
February 1, 2006
AS is our wont, we took the pulse of our younger bon vivants with respect to Jamaica's dining landscape. We broke bread recently with some 15 new gour...
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Unease about move to limit tax credit on losses
Camilo Thame 
January 31, 2006
Company executives and analysts have characterised as anti-investment, and counter-productive, government's move to place a cap on the number of years...
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Cabinet wants change to law after Privy Council ruling
Balford Henry | Observer Writer 
January 31, 2006
CABINET has approved the drafting of legislation expected to remove the ambiguity surrounding murders committed by persons who breach the sanctity of ...
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Cabbies complain of victimisation from traffic police
DESIREE MCEACHRANE 
January 31, 2006
ABOUT 35 taxi operators yesterday demonstrated outside the Office of the Commissioner of Police on Old Hope Road in Kingston, claiming they were being...
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Murders the target
Observer Reporter 
January 31, 2006
Declaring that Jamaica's 1,674 homicides last year was way too high, Commissioner Lucius Thomas said the police force has implemented an action plan t...

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